River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-11
WISCONSIN NEWS.
During the present season 800 house


Chaiile bennett raised lS4 bushels OF
wheat from four acres in Grant county
this year.
Burglars stole S2Is from the depot
at Summit Lake. Langland county,
last week.
A factory for the manufacture of
wlntergreen oil is to be started in Black
River Falls
There are already tweniy-six artcsian
wells at Sparta, and new ones are being
added frequently.
The citizens of Plymouth subscribed
Sl06 for the railroad eating-houSe girls
who lost their effects by the recent fire.
The Wausau Light guards are drilling
three times a week with the intention
of attending the Chicago encampment
The GAINESVILLE papers are CRYING for
a boom. Over LOO acres within the
city limits are devoted to farming pur-
poses.
The l5-month-old daughter of Mrs
NJ. III. Lyons, of Portage. fell into a tub
OF water Saturday morning, and was
drowned.
About 100000 feet of lumber has
been shipped from Ashland thus far
this season 10 points west of the Missis-
sippi river.
The newly-organized military COM
pany at Eau Claire is to be known as
the Griffin rifles, as a compliment to
/ Hon. NJ. Griffin.
Judge Clenentson has appointed j.
c. Oates, of Shullsburg, clerk of court.
20 fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Thos. a. Oates.
Money has been subscribed for the
erection Of building for the Concordia
society, of Watertown. 1t will be of
brick, costing s.. 600 or $4,000
William Sullivan, farmer living
near Mansion. recently cut with cradle
! five acres and fifty-two rods of oats in
nine hours and foriy-two minutes.
Al the next session of congress,
/ Senator SAWYER will introduce a bill to
change The term of the United States
district court held in Oshkosh from
July to March.
A lost canary flew into The office of
/ The Darlington Republican, while a
/ cOmpositOr was setting the types 10 adj
vertise it. The power of advertising IS
irresistible.
/ Twenty vessels laden witt ore left
/ the iron docks at Ashland on Sunday
and Monday for Lake Erie ports.
Twelve ore-laden vessles sailed on
Wednesday,
w. f. Lougee, of Few Bedford,
Mass. formerly of Beloit and Eau
Claire, who was rendered the position
Of secretary of the Y. NJ c. A. at
OSHKOSH has declined
A widow at Appleton named Durdel
Friday morning attempted to poison
herself with Paris green. after having
abandoned her natural-born infant to
The mercy of the street.
John Lane, of Schleisingerville. was
kicked on the head by a horse. 1t is
I thought that the base Of the brain is
fractured, and the physicians have
/ little hope of his recovery.
| Senator SAWYER saws that the al
/ lowed claims for overflow damages
along the Fox river now aggregate
/ $2,0C0, 900, and it j. doubtful whether
congress viii pay any more.
The WAGER in Lake Michigan was 81
clear at Sheboygan on Sunday that
/ Capt. Grain and his crew We're able -
raise 500 pounds Of chain from The old
schooner Porch. wrecked Ia 1876.
Fred Jensen. a travelling agent for
the Deering harvester, was very badly
/ hurt by being thrown from his carriage
near Schleisin@erville. He lay uncOn-
scious two hours before he was dis
covered
Tle partially decayed body of man
was found on one of The Apostle islands.
Wednesday. half buried in the sand
and heavily clothed. Ii i supposed 10
/ be one of the sailors Of the schooner
/ Lucerne.
Lightning destroyed the barn of
Charles Bartz, near Fall Greek, Eau
! Claire county, together with IFS con-
tents consisting of mower, Seeder. o,her
farming implements, 250 bushels of
oats, hay, exc.
O. d. Peel. who owrs a farm near
o. .to-h. ,av- aeh2s 100 c.,t lie. tive ltl-
I'VE hor-e~ "a zoe goat on his farm,
aud ne , e'icvcS he III have jrst enough
hay this year To fe, 4 his goat through
the coming winter.
Will icing lie, down into the well of
Mi PaeI!,s. farmer pear Springfield
Jason pemeu fell to the bottom dis
lance of fly fect. on account of the
rope slipping fem the windlass. He
wa, 'ead when aien out.
An S-vcar-old sor f Tn mas Smith.
a farmer in Willow : rings, Iowa coun-
", was riding ohe of a team 81 horses
on their was 10 ibc fell when the team
ran away, and lie hoy WAS caught in
the harness an uam!led :" death.
JENNY Stewart, the trotter that DR.
Valerious. of Lake Mills. exported TO
Scotland about year ago, broke the
Scotch mile and half record m the
open handicap run at the Shawfield
grounds at Glasgow, having covered
the distance in 3 minutes. j3 seconds.
4 2-year-'ld son of Frank Horn, of
Jackson. was kicked in the face BY
ho,sy and horribly di-iieured. 4 week
AGO the same hoy fell int, a well and
wnrld have drowned but for the ho,c-
ism Of his mother. who climbed j wn
until she 9ot hold of him and 'trcight
him TO the - rface.
Hiram Pauley, Of Ehndale, Grant
county. has Tattlesnake that crn be
handled with safety. 1t is brown with
black stripes. nearly four feet long,
weighs two pounds and two ounces.
with sey en- Tattlcs and button on its
tail. Pauley says that he dug ont its
fangs with his pocket knife while hold
inc its head in his hand.
A COW was brought to Kewaunee,
last week, 10 be sold for beef. She
has been a good mixer for several
years She was large and had two
tails. the extra one being on the left
side Of her neck, and The length and
size of boys arm. covered with hair.
The tail on her neck was used to good
purpose in fiy-time. for by slight toss
Of her head she could flop the tail from
one side Of her head to the other.
a souvenir in the form Of golden
Maltese cross was brought for repairs,
one day last week 20 "A ieweler at Ocon-
omowOc by a servant girl The inscrip-
ZION. which showed that it was presen-
ted To Mr.. Z. 5. Welles by the 81